Routes : North America : United States : California : Bishop and Eastern Sierra : Owens River Gorge : Upper Gorge : Jaws of Life
Jaws of Life - 5.10b
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2 pitches. The first pitch follows some bolts from Nice Jugs but then diverges to the left to a 2 bolt anchor. Afterwards, a 5.10 corner crack system ranging from hands to easy offwidth leads up past some more bolts to another bolted anchor. No need to bring any pro; its well (over) bolted. 2 raps to descend.
Submitted by: radioface on 2007-12-19
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Route ID: 91452
2 Ascents Recorded
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Difficulty | 5.10a |
Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by: salamanizer on 2010-11-27
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Bolts?
This was a stellar slightly overhanging hand crack, a couple fists and a short easy offwidth (about 8ft). Even though it was a good route I couldn't get over how stupid the bolting was. Not even so much that it was a bolted splitter crack, that's normal for the Gorge but where they were placed which was behind you. I ended up doing Houdini moves to reach around and clip draws behind me on almost every bolt. The bolting was pretty lame but the climbing is good. It would probably be easier to just protect the crack with gear than to reach behind you to clip every five feet. I also agree, way overbolted. Book says gear to 7". Bogus, bring a double rack to 3" and that will be way more than enough.
Added: 2010-11-28
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Safety Rating | G |
Onsight ascent by: radioface on 2007-12-19
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Jaws of Life
Pretty fun route, but it would be nice if it wasn't so over-bolted. It would protect well with gear too.
Added: 2007-12-19